State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: New Jersey vs Texas
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In Texas, $80,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.2% — not 24.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.6%
New Jersey vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+11.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $100,830
- p25
- $80,320
- p75
- $129,280
- p10
- $65,710
- p90
- $167,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Texas
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $80,920
- p25
- $65,560
- p75
- $103,760
- p10
- $53,380
- p90
- $132,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.